John Roberts knew what he was doing, and made it clear what we need to do

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6. I think the dynamic in the republican party ...

… is more complicated. Corporate America supports republican leadership because of their economic policies. Corporate interests give $ to republican politicians and they enact laws and policies that allow corporate interests to make a lot more $. It’s a pretty simple quid pro quo.

The racial and misogynistic shit has seemed to come to the front of the line in recent years because there is a huge demographic that agrees with those views. I think republicans figured out sooner than we did that there are a lot of racist assholes in this country. Obama’s presidency (and the backlash from a black president) likely helped clue them in more than we realized. They saw it. We didn’t.

They had already married themselves to the religious right, so taking in the racists with open arms was the next step to bolster their numbers at the polls and grow their voting block to win elections.

I don’t think Home Depot has racist policies for the most part - at least not at the corporate level. In fact, I think they don’t like such policies - but not for moral reasons as much as because it’s bad for business. But they’re willing to put up with it if it gets them the economic policies they want.

What the MAGATS and Christo Fascists don’t realize is that if they can effectively do away with true elections and install an oligarchy, ALL policy will be based on corporate economic interests. If republican politicians no longer NEED votes, they will no longer pretend to care about abortions, or the 2nd A, or the border. They will no longer care whether you’re black, brown, white or purple - just so long as you’re a worker class consumer and your $ keeps flowing up.